falso

See also: Falso, falsó, and falsò

Asturian

Adjective

falso

1. neuter of falsu

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese falso, from Latin falsus (“deceived”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfalsʊ]

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas)

1. false

   Antonym: verdadeiro

2. fake

   Antonyms: verdadeiro, xenuíno

3. untrustworthy

   Synonyms: mentirán, mentireiro

Derived terms

• falsamente
• falsar

 

Noun

falso m (plural falsos)

1. hem of a garment

   Synonyms: basta, ganduxo

References

• “falso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “falso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “falso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “falso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “falso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

falso

1. first-person singular present indicative of falsar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal.so/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -also
• Hyphenation: fàl‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin falsus, from fallere.

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsi, feminine plural false, superlative falsissimo)

1. false
2. sham

Synonyms

• finto

Antonyms

• vero, autentico

Noun

falso m (plural falsi)

1. forgery
2. sham

Related terms

• falsamente
• falsare
• falsario
• falsificare
• falsità
• falsopiano

Descendants

• → Egyptian Arabic: فلصو (falsu)
• → Turkish: falso

Etymology 2

Verb

falso

1. first-person singular present indicative of falsare

Anagrams

• solfa

Latin

Etymology

From falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive, trick”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.soː/, [ˈfäɫ̪s̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.so/, [ˈfälso]

Adverb

falsō (not comparable)

1. falsely, wrongfully, deceitfully

   Synonyms: falsē, perperam

   Antonym: rēctē

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.18:

     auctorem doctrinae eius [...] falso samium Pithagoram edunt

     They falsely declare that his master was Pithagoras

Verb

falsō (present infinitive falsāre, perfect active falsāvī, supine falsātum); first conjugation

1. to falsify

Conjugation

Conjugation of falsō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	falsō	falsās	falsat	falsāmus	falsātis	falsant
	imperfect	falsābam	falsābās	falsābat	falsābāmus	falsābātis	falsābant
	future	falsābō	falsābis	falsābit	falsābimus	falsābitis	falsābunt
	perfect	falsāvī	falsāvistī	falsāvit	falsāvimus	falsāvistis	falsāvērunt, falsāvēre
	pluperfect	falsāveram	falsāverās	falsāverat	falsāverāmus	falsāverātis	falsāverant
	future perfect	falsāverō	falsāveris	falsāverit	falsāverimus	falsāveritis	falsāverint
passive	present	falsor	falsāris, falsāre	falsātur	falsāmur	falsāminī	falsantur
	imperfect	falsābar	falsābāris, falsābāre	falsābātur	falsābāmur	falsābāminī	falsābantur
	future	falsābor	falsāberis, falsābere	falsābitur	falsābimur	falsābiminī	falsābuntur
	perfect	falsātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	falsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	falsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	falsem	falsēs	falset	falsēmus	falsētis	falsent
	imperfect	falsārem	falsārēs	falsāret	falsārēmus	falsārētis	falsārent
	perfect	falsāverim	falsāverīs	falsāverit	falsāverīmus	falsāverītis	falsāverint
	pluperfect	falsāvissem	falsāvissēs	falsāvisset	falsāvissēmus	falsāvissētis	falsāvissent
passive	present	falser	falsēris, falsēre	falsētur	falsēmur	falsēminī	falsentur
	imperfect	falsārer	falsārēris, falsārēre	falsārētur	falsārēmur	falsārēminī	falsārentur
	perfect	falsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	falsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	falsā	—	—	falsāte	—
	future	—	falsātō	falsātō	—	falsātōte	falsantō
passive	present	—	falsāre	—	—	falsāminī	—
	future	—	falsātor	falsātor	—	—	falsantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		falsāre	falsāvisse	falsātūrum esse	falsārī	falsātum esse	falsātum īrī
participles		falsāns	—	falsātūrus	—	falsātus	falsandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		falsandī	falsandō	falsandum	falsandō	falsātum	falsātū

Derived terms

• falsātiō
• falsātus
• falsificus
• falsiloquus
• falsitās

Related terms

• fallō
• falsus

Descendants

• Catalan: falsar
• French: fausser
• Italian: falsare
• Old Galician-Portuguese: falsar
  • Galician: falsar
  • Portuguese: falsar
• Spanish: falsar

Noun

falsō

1. dative/ablative singular of falsus
2. dative/ablative singular of falsum

References

• “falso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “falso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• falso in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• falso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be imbibing false opinions: opiniones falsas animo imbibere
    
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin falsus (“deceived, mistaken, false”), from fallō (“I deceive, mistake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalso/

Adjective

falso (feminine singular falsa, masculine plural falsos, femenine plural falsas)

1. false
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 41vb.

     el Reẏ de iſrɫ demádo cóseio alos ppħas falſos ſi ẏrie aramot galáad. e dixieron le ſub. e á prouez ca la dara dios en tu mano. dixo ioſaphat á aq́ ppħa del criador á q́en demádaſſemos cóſejo. dixo el Reẏ acab ſi a una. a q́ q́ero ẏo mal. enúqua me dize bien ſi no mal. Micheas el fil de imbla

     The king of Israel sought the counsel of the false prophets on whether he should go to Ramoth-Gilead, and they said, “Go up and have bravery, for God will give it into your hand.” [But] Jehoshaphat said, “Is there here a prophet of the Creator from whom we may seek counsel?” King Ahab said, “Yes, there is one whom I hate, [for] he never speaks to me [of] good, only evil. [He is] Micaiah son of Imlah.”

Related terms

• falsedat

Descendants

• Spanish: falso

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.su/ [ˈfaʊ̯.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.su/ [ˈfaʊ̯.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.so/ [ˈfaʊ̯.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.su/ [ˈfaɫ.su]

• Rhymes: -alsu, -awsu
• Hyphenation: fal‧so

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese falso, from Latin falsus (“deceived”), from fallō (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰwel- (“to lie, deceive”).

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas)

1. false; untrue; not factual; wrong

   Synonyms: irreal, incorreto, errado, equivocado, inválido

2. false; artificial; fake

   Synonyms: postiço, artificial, de mentira

3. (logic) false

   Synonym: F

4. that which deceives or lies

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ilusório

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:falso.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “untrue”): real, correto, certo, válido, verdadeiro
• (antonym(s) of “artificial”): de verdade
• (antonym(s) of “in logic”): verdadeiro, V
• (antonym(s) of “that which deceives”): fiel, leal

Related terms

• falcatrua
• falcatruar
• falsário
• falseado
• falseamento
• falsear
• falsidade
• falsificação
• falsificado
• falsificador
• falsificar
• falsificável

Descendants

• → Malay: palsu
  • Indonesian: palsu

Etymology 2

Verb

falso

1. first-person singular present indicative of falsar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish falso, from Latin falsus, with preservation of /alC/ and initial /f/, which Coromines & Pascual suppose is the result of learned pronunciation habits.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalso/ [ˈfal.so]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -also
• Syllabification: fal‧so

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas, superlative falsísimo)

1. false; untrue

   Synonym: falaz

2. fake; counterfeit

   Synonym: contrahecho

Usage notes

• This adjective often goes before the noun in many phrases

Antonyms

• verdadero

Derived terms

• en falso
• falsa conciencia
• falsa oronja
• falso 9
• falso amigo
• falso anglicismo
• falso negativo
• falso pico
• falso testimonio
• perfil falso (“catfish”)
• pista falsa

 

Related terms

• falsar
• falsear
• falsedad

 

Verb

falso

1. first-person singular present indicative of falsar

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “falso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 841

Further reading

• “falso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014